AS the governorship election in Edo State draws nearer, a member of the House of Representatives, Ehiozwa Johnson Agbonayinma, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will take over the governance of the state from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.

The saddening story of 14-year-old Miss Ese Oruru who has just been returned to her family after being abducted for nearly seven months is another sickening reflection of the society we live in.

The Federal Government has been called upon to inject N5.4 trillion (about $27 billion) every year for the next three years to the private sector in the country.

THE Delta State Government- owned Okerenkoko Cottage Hospital, Okerenkoko, Warri South-West Local Government Area of the state, renovated and furnished with state-of-the-art facilities by former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, after the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, abandoned it in 2009, has again been closed down.

Against the backdrop of the current economic realities of the country which has compelled most business owners to adopt belt-tightening approach, the Managing Director of Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Ltd (AMFacilities), a Lagos-based facilities management firm, Mr. Femi Akintunde has advised businesses to embrace a long term approach to facilities management contracts.

IN spite of the downturn in the Nigerian economy and the falling Nigerian currency, real estate enthusiasts are optimistic that the phase one of the World Trade Centre (WTC), Abuja, an upper strata of luxury real estate, will be delivered this year as projected by the developers.

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, chapter, has accused the management of the teaching hospital of allegedly engaging the services of a private firm to carry out laboratory analysis for patients in a Federal Government owned institution.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, who disclosed this over the weekend while addressing journalists in Owerri, also said that the new judges would be sworn in today.

Students of Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Adani, in Enugu State danced and celebrated mass with joy and excitement over the handover of their rehabilitated hostel that was last year razed completely by fire.

The Federal Government, yesterday, cleared the air on why it accepted N50 billion down payment of the N780 billion fine the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, slammed on MTN.

Many eye clinics that fell below the ethics and standards, guiding the practice of eye care in the country, have been closed down in Owerri, Orlu, Mbaise and Okigwe, by the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Registration Board of Nigeria, ORDOBN.

Lifestyle living connoisseur, Haven Homes, a Lagos-based real estate development firm, has delivered its 2016 home designs much to the expectations of its teeming subscribers, according to the company’s Assistant General Manager, Ms Ufuoma Ukueku.

NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN counterpart, have said moves to unbundle Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into 30 companies without following due process by the Federal government, is illegal.

Hitches such as server failure, not keeping to time, incorrect questions, power failure and candidates not printing out the right e-registration slips containing their centre/registration numbers, threatened to mar this year’s edition of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, turning what was supposed to be a two-hour, 45 minutes exam to a four-hour exam.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, yesterday said his administration had saved over N2.6 billion from ghost workers syndicate at the state and local government levels.